Ora pro nobis!

St. John Fisher was a bishop who stood up to King Henry VIII and his diabolical plan.

When the question of Henry's divorce from Queen Catherine arose, Fisher became the Queen's chief supporter and most trusted counselor. In this capacity he appeared on the Queen's behalf in the legates' court, where he startled his hearers by the directness of his language and most of all by declaring that, like St. John the Baptist, he was ready to die on behalf of the indissolubility of marriage.

He continued to calmly rationally speak out in support of Church teaching and was eventually executed, his head placed on a stake and eventually thrown into the Thames.

St. Thomas More (right), Lord Chancellor of England, defender of the Faith, a truly great and heroic saint, died a martyr. Here's another link.

My lord, for one bishop of your opinion I have a hundred saints of mine; and for one parliament of yours, and God knows of what kind, I have all the General Councils for 1,000 years, and for one kingdom I have France and all the kingdoms of Christendom. -Thomas More (at his trial on July 1, 1535)

I highly recommend you watch the movie, A Man for All Seasons to get an idea of who the great St. Thomas More was. You will not regret it!